Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

1. Ambition

   • "Give me the daggers"
     • She already knows what needs to be done.
   • "Look like the flower but be the serpent under it"
   • "Put this nights business into my dispatch which to all... our days to come give sole sovereign sway"
     • She wants the crown so much that she is ready to take control of the situation
   • "Greater than both by all-hail hereafter... i feel the future in an instant"
   • "She is troubled with the thick-coming fancies"
     • Her past guilt catches up with her
   • "Glamis thou art, and cawdor, and shall be what thou art promise"
     • She is certain that Macbeth will ascend to the thrown
   • "Lie thee nither, that I may pour my sprits in thine ear"
   • "A little water clears us of this deed... How easy is it then."

2. Guilt

   • "Out damm spot I say"
     • The guilt is making her have visions of things that aren't there, her mental state is deteriating
   • "What is done is done"
     • Shows little remorse for the crime she just comited
   • "What is done cannot be undone"
     • Represents how she is feeling guilty for the crime she had helped with and is trying to forgive herself for it.
   • "The queen, my lord is dead"
     • She kills herself because her guilt is too great.